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Good morning folks. Out for an early jog to try to beat the heat. The Heat won.

As a lifelong history nerd I note that today is the 149th anniversary of the Battle of Little Big Horn. Just remember folks —take the number of hostiles you know are out there trying to scalp you and multiply it by ten. Then act accordingly.

Getting ready to head downtown. Not much else to report yet. I’ll check in with you folks later.

Stay cool.
 
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Good morning from ATX. Currently 74°F and partly cloudy. Received some rain yesterday afternoon. Counting on mid-90s later today.

Happy Hump Day, y'all.

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MdWIldcat55 said:
Good morning folks. Out for an early jog to try to beat the heat. The Heat won.

As a lifelong history nerd I note that today is the 149th anniversary of the Battle of Little Big Horn. Just remember folks —take the number of hostiles you know are out there trying to scalp you and multiply it by ten. Then act accordingly.

Getting ready to head downtown. Not much else to report yet. I’ll check in with you folks later.

Stay cool.
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As I recall, the Confederates won that one.
 
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Good morning folks.

Austin, good luck with the Chemo. I'll be hoping the effects are as mild as possible today.

Bert, Austin: I'm not sure how long I've been posting here because the boards merged and morphed along the way. But I remember when I first got onto a board that led me eventually to this one: I was working in DC with a guy who was an enormous Syracuse fan in 1996, and we watched the championship game together. A few months after that, he asked me if I thought Kentucky would sign Jamaal Magloire, and I admitted I had no idea who that was. He said, "You have to get on the Kentucky chat board. They are talking about him constantly." And he showed me how to sign up. I'd guess we're talking fall, 1996, because it was before Magloire was officially a Cat.

I hope this one stays around, and like Austin I believe it will.
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I may be off (working with an 79 year old brain), but the first college basketball board that I ran across was the old AOL message board in 1995-6. Prior to that I had no contact. The appearance of the Comet Hale-Bopp was about the same time.
 
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Bert Higginbotha said:
I may be off (working with an 79 year old brain), but the first college basketball board that I ran across was the old AOL message board in 1995-6. Prior to that I had no contact. The appearance of the Comet Hale-Bopp was about the same time.
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Bert, As it happens, my younger daughter was born on one of the days that Hale-Bopp was at its brightest and closest to earth - March 21, 1997. I'll never forget walking out of the hospital about 4am after my wife had fallen asleep from a long labor and I'd decided to go home and grab a few things she needed, and that comet was blazing in the sky. A very good omen, and she has fulfilled all the promise of that celestial augury...
 
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MdWIldcat55 said:
Bert, As it happens, my younger daughter was born on one of the days that Hale-Bopp was at its brightest and closest to earth - March 21, 1997. I'll never forget walking out of the hospital about 4am after my wife had fallen asleep from a long labor and I'd decided to go home and grab a few things she needed, and that comet was blazing in the sky. A very good omen, and she has fulfilled all the promise of that celestial augury...
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Yep. I was thinking a little earlier. So I suggest it probably was 1997.
 
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Hello all,

Got home last night. At my youngest daughter's house now waiting for the mower battery to recharge. Her lawn grew a bunch from the last time I cut it. I trimmed (chopped) her shrubs this go round too.

Oh, have service techs here replacing her AC and heat units. The total package. Near 12k on that one. I am sitting in my lawn chair under one of her trees cooling down a little.

Man the battery went down quickly this time. Still the entire back and a good part of the front left. Did the front and back on one charge last go round. The grass is wet though. Not sure how....

I needed the work though, physical work. I am back to the office tomorrow...

Have a great day....
 
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Must be National Catfish day.

I went bass fishing this morning and the first two fish I caught were channel cats. Both better than 5lbs each. I was using the black and red 7" stick-o-worm so, the cats got to them before the bass. I switched to the green and yellow swimming frog lure before the bass started hitting.

Total score: 6 Strikes, 5 hits, 1 error. Warrior-Cat 2 - Channel Cats 0. Warrior-Cat 2 - Largemouth Bass 1

Biggest bass was a little over 3 lbs.
 
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BBUK said:
Hello all,

Got home last night. At my youngest daughter's house now waiting for the mower battery to recharge. Her lawn grew a bunch from the last time I cut it. I trimmed (chopped) her shrubs this go round too.

Oh, have service techs here replacing her AC and heat units. The total package. Near 12k on that one. I am sitting in my lawn chair under one of her trees cooling down a little.

Man the battery went down quickly this time. Still the entire back and a good part of the front left. Did the front and back on one charge last go round. The grass is wet though. Not sure how....

I needed the work though, physical work. I am back to the office tomorrow...

Have a great day....
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Yeah, as I said before, the quotes for our total package from Lowes and home depot were between 12-14K.

We were lucky that my wife knew those guys that used to work for the contract she works for before they struck out on their own. They gave us a good deal so, only 10K total.
 
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warrior-cat said:
Must be National Catfish day.

I went bass fishing this morning and the first two fish I caught were channel cats. Both better than 5lbs each. I was using the black and red 7" stick-o-worm so, the cats got to them before the bass. I switched to the green and yellow swimming frog lure before the bass started hitting.

Total score: 6 Strikes, 5 hits, 1 error. Warrior-Cat 2 - Channel Cats 0. Warrior-Cat 2 - Largemouth Bass 1

Biggest bass was a little over 3 lbs.
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125 pound catfish caught by commerial fisherman at Lake Barkley.
 
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Anyone ever have fresh coconut off of the tree? While Jungle Training in Panama in the early 80's, we had a few days off to explore cities and areas there (went fishing one of those days) and a Samoan friend of mine climbed a coconut tree and threw a couple down and showed me how to shuck them. After breaking them open and drinking the milk we ate the coconut, and I ate the whole thing. It was moist and meaty so to speak and not so dry as what you would get from the store.

Store bought coconuts are drier and harder to eat. Can only eat portions of it at a time.
 
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Anyone ever have fresh coconut off of the tree? While Jungle Training in Panama in the early 80's, we had a few days off to explore cities and areas there (went fishing one of those days) and a Samoan friend of mine climbed a coconut tree and threw a couple down and showed me how to shuck them. After breaking them open and drinking the milk we ate the coconut, and I ate the whole thing. It was moist and meaty so to speak and not so dry as what you would get from the store.

Store bought coconuts are drier and harder to eat. Can only eat portions of it at a time.
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Good morning D-League.

Last day downtown this week. Still hot and humid in DC.

Warrior, I’ve had fresh coconut off the tree in Haiti, in small towns outside Port Au Prince. A real treat. Apparently there’s a limited window when the meat is really sweet and tender and whenever that is I happened to be there. Another thing, that you had to be there: these small sweet bananas in Somalia. My gosh, we were half-starved anyway and those damn things completely changed my definition of what a banana could be —and I’ve had some decent ones in the Caribbean.

Damn, I may have to find a coconut cake and a banana cream pie this weekend.

Until then, have a good day folks.
 
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Pete deserves the HOF and this probably bad to say on a board with lots of Reds fans, but I was never a big Rose fan.

He was perpetual hustle. There was a guy named Pete Reiser who played for the Dodgers. Pee Wee Reese once said, "If you think Pete Rose hustled, you should have seen Pete Reiser." When Reiser was only 16, Cards GM Branch Rickey hired him as his personal driver with intentions of the Cards signing him when he became of age. Pete was a Cards casualty when Commissioner Landis forced the Cards to release much of their farm system.

Pete was a CF in the days before outfield walls were padded. He was no limits on outfield play. He ran into outfield walls regularly and was often carried off the field on a stretcher, sometimes unconcious. He started out like a superstar, but the numerous injuries took a big toll on him.
 
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berniecarbo said:
Pete deserves the HOF and this probably bad to say on a board with lots of Reds fans, but I was never a big Rose fan.

He was perpetual hustle. There was a guy named Pete Reiser who played for the Dodgers. Pee Wee Reese once said, "If you think Pete Rose hustled, you should have seen Pete Reiser." When Reiser was only 16, Cards GM Branch Rickey hired him as his personal driver with intentions of the Cards signing him when he became of age. Pete was a Cards casualty when Commissioner Landis forced the Cards to release much of their farm system.

Pete was a CF in the days before outfield walls were padded. He was no limits on outfield play. He ran into outfield walls regularly and was often carried off the field on a stretcher, sometimes unconcious. He started out like a superstar, but the numerous injuries took a big toll on him.
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Bernie, there were Reds fans in those days who weren't big Rose fans, or at least who believed Rose got more credit than he deserved on the Big Red Machine clubs because he was a local boy from the westside of Cincinnati and played with such kid-like enthusiasm. My dad was one of them, and I followed his lead. We rated Bench, Morgan and Perez as more important parts of the daily composition of those Reds teams, in that order.

Of course, you are talking about the greatest National League team of all time, so you can still be a superstar on that team and not be its most talented player.

What changed my mind a bit about Rose was watching him as a more disinterested observer lead the 1980s Phillies over the hump to a world championship. Yes, Mike Schmidt was the star of that team - NL MVP and World Series MVP. But Schmidt himself said that Rose was the leader, the guy who inspired everyone else day after day, who made them believe they were champions, without any question or doubt. I began to believe he'd been all those things on the Reds of the mid-1970s as well, and, if anything, the rivalry with, and jealousy between him and Bench had mitigated the appreciation of that for some fans, myself included.

Oddly, I came to value what Rose meant to the Reds more after he was gone from the Reds.
 
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Yes, I always thought he deserved the Hall. My problem was how high up the ladder did he belong. Some people seemed to see him as a top ten or fifteen guy. I am going from memory, but Bill James (father of sabermetrics) has him somewhere in the 70 or 80 range. 70 or 80 in the history of baseball is still fantastic, but it is more in line with my thinking.

Btw, James invented the saber stuff when he was an agent to use as a negotiating tool with owners. He did it for a specific player whose name escapes me at the moment. It would seem to make sense that he would tilt saber values to make that specific player look better.
 
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MdWIldcat55 said:
Bernie, there were Reds fans in those days who weren't big Rose fans, or at least who believed Rose got more credit than he deserved on the Big Red Machine clubs because he was a local boy from the westside of Cincinnati and played with such kid-like enthusiasm. My dad was one of them, and I followed his lead. We rated Bench, Morgan and Perez as more important parts of the daily composition of those Reds teams, in that order.

Of course, you are talking about the greatest National League team of all time, so you can still be a superstar on that team and not be its most talented player.

What changed my mind a bit about Rose was watching him as a more disinterested observer lead the 1980s Phillies over the hump to a world championship. Yes, Mike Schmidt was the star of that team - NL MVP and World Series MVP. But Schmidt himself said that Rose was the leader, the guy who inspired everyone else day after day, who made them believe they were champions, without any question or doubt. I began to believe he'd been all those things on the Reds of the mid-1970s as well, and, if anything, the rivalry with, and jealousy between him and Bench had mitigated the appreciation of that for some fans, myself included.

Oddly, I came to value what Rose meant to the Reds more after he was gone from the Reds.
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I flat out oozed the Big Red Machine. I was the age that I was an over the top fanatic.

I never considered myself a Reds fan being a Michigander and a true Tigers fan (Could never like anything Ohio.) but embraced and transcended a team stance over that particular group of players .. just a magical time for baseball ..

I liked Pete because of his hustle. It made Pete, Pete. Yep he could play some baseball well but he took himself over the top strictly with his hustle aspect.

I used that hustle aspect too though my skill level was well below Pete's for sure though I did get a try out, I think purely from my hustle.

I loved Joe Morgan's hitch in his stance, simulated that snap some.

Johnny Bench is what legends were made of...Perez, Conceptione (forgive the spelling), Foster, just a loaded, loaded team.

I will stop, good morning all...

Off day today and off three days next week. Sitting in my living room with My Darling, me drinking my first cup of coffee with cocoa, cinnamon (the right kind), and coconut powder. Will have a regular cup with just coconut powder if the Lord doesn't take me home.

Treasure this day and your family.....
 
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BBUK said:
I flat out oozed the Big Red Machine. I was the age that I was an over the top fanatic.

I never considered myself a Reds fan being a Michigander and a true Tigers fan (Could never like anything Ohio.) but embraced and transcended a team stance over that particular group of players .. just a magical time for baseball ..

I liked Pete because of his hustle. It made Pete, Pete. Yep he could play some baseball well but he took himself over the top strictly with his hustle aspect.

I used that hustle aspect too though my skill level was well below Pete's for sure though I did get a try out, I think purely from my hustle.

I loved Joe Morgan's hitch in his stance, simulated that snap some.

Johnny Bench is what legends were made of...Perez, Conceptione (forgive the spelling), Foster, just a loaded, loaded team.

I will stop, good morning all...

Off day today and off three days next week. Sitting in my living room with My Darling, me drinking my first cup of coffee with cocoa, cinnamon (the right kind), and coconut powder. Will have a regular cup with just coconut powder if the Lord doesn't take me home.

Treasure this day and your family.....
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A quote from Pete when someone wondered if Conception (spelling?) had a pulled muscle. "You can't pull bone."
 
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Good morning everyone (barely)

Check in on you all every so often but just posted today to add.....

Griffey and Geronimo. They were all great! Morgan was my favorite, but never considered one of the eight any better than the others. I've stated this a few times on RR, those dang Red's teams delayed my being a Big Blue Fanatic for a few years.

Hope all of you are doing good.
 
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I flat out oozed the Big Red Machine. I was the age that I was an over the top fanatic.
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Growing up in Northern Kentucky and being in my teens and early 20s in the 1970s, we didn't realize what we were experiencing. I saw Secretariat, the greatest thoroughbred race horse in history win the Kentucky Derby. I saw the Big Red Machine in person probably a couple hundred times between 1970-1976, and most experts would agree that team peaked as the greatest in National League history. And I saw the 1978 Kentucky Wildcats play a couple times, one of the five best Kentucky teams ever. Even the Bengals had a couple decent teams, culminating in a Super Bowl run in 1981...What a decade to be a young sports fan in the NKY-Cincinnati area. I can't imagine it'll ever happen again in that area.
 
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Being a Cardinal fan all my life, The Big Red Machine was a great group of guys, Bench was my favorite in that group!
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Bill James has Bench the #1 catcher of all time. Yogi as #2. Yogi and Joe Garagioli were neighbours and grew up in St Louis, so were Cards fans. The Cards offered Joe something like 500 dollars to sign and Yogi something less. Yogi knew he was better than Joe and was insulted. He said he had to get as much as Joe or he would not sign. The Cards said no and Yogi became a Yankee. Imagine those 1940's teams led by HOF players Musial, Yogi. Red S and Enos Slaughter and the best defensive SS of that era (Marty Marion) and top defensive CF (Terry Moore).
 
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How Hot Was It?​



Carson often slipped a line into his monologue about how hot it was outside, which cued the audience to respond, “How hot was it?” The punchlines varied from corny to funny, but Carson’s deadpan look coupled with his genius timing delivered hysterics every time. Here are a few of his hottest punchlines.

  • How hot was it, you ask? It was so hot that:
  • I saw a fire hydrant flagging down a dog.
  • I caught Doc and the band snorting ice cubes.
  • I saw a robin dipping his worm in Nestea.
  • It was so hot today that Burger King was singing, “If you want it your way, cook it yourself!”
 
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UK82 said:

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How Hot Was It?​



Carson often slipped a line into his monologue about how hot it was outside, which cued the audience to respond, “How hot was it?” The punchlines varied from corny to funny, but Carson’s deadpan look coupled with his genius timing delivered hysterics every time. Here are a few of his hottest punchlines.

  • How hot was it, you ask? It was so hot that:
  • I saw a fire hydrant flagging down a dog.
  • I caught Doc and the band snorting ice cubes.
  • I saw a robin dipping his worm in Nestea.
  • It was so hot today that Burger King was singing, “If you want it your way, cook it yourself!”
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Popcorn popped in the field!!!
 
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Koufax was at his best in my prime years as a fan. For five years, I rate him the best ever by a healthy margin. Norm Sherry was a BP catcher who gets credit for helping Sandy learn control. Larry Sherry was Norms brother and also a pitcher. Norm was called something Jew, Larry was Arrogant Jew and Sandy was Super Jew. I guess those kinds of names wouldn't fly today. Koufax had the best fastball AND best curve of his day.
 
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